Abstract / Synopsis
Experiments in evolutionary artificial intelligence demonstrate that progress toward an important, difficult goal is not best achieved by attempting to go directly toward that goal, but rather, by rewarding novelty.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.201502.15
Recommended Citation
Reuben Hersh, "Novelty Wins, “Straight Toward Objective” Loses! or Book Review: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective, by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 5 Issue 2 (July 2015), pages 161-165. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201502.15. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol5/iss2/15
